[kictanet] Invitation to Nairobi Innovation Week 2017

[S.M. Muraya]

As per the STI law...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-zte-idUSKBN16E1X1

Penalize local and foreign individuals and firms, ignoring / undermining
local talent and industry.

Penalties paid should be channeled to a fund managed by
https://www.nacosti.go.ke

Fund managed by nacosti.go.ke should also be allowed to invest in firms
such as zuku.co.ke




SMM

*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
who takes a city." Prov 16:32*

On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Mwololo Waema Tim via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Dear Listers,
>
> You are most welcome to the Nairobi Innovation Week being held next week
> from 6th to 10th March. More details can be found on:
> http://innovationweek.co.ke/
>
> I am specifically also inviting you to a panel discussion on the National
> Innovation Policy on Thursday 9th at 11.40 am, for which I am the
> moderator. Details of this panel are shown below.
>
> *Panel 4: Kenya’s Innovation Policy*
>
> There is an STI policy which is still in draft form and which was the
> basis of the STI Act. The Act created the necessary institutional framework
> and almost all the institutions are operational. There is also visible
> innovation work going on in various ministries. What are the key elements
> of the policy framework that we need to create? How do we create this
> policy framework? How do we re-arrange the existing institutional framework
> for more effective coordination, while ensuring collaboration and
> exploitation of synergies?
>
>
>
> *Moderator *
>
>    - Prof. Timothy Waema, UoN
>
> *Panelists*
>
>    - Julius Korir, PS, State Department for Investment and Industr
>    <http://www.industrialization.go.ke/index.php/top-management/principal-secretaries/state-department-for-investment-and-industry>
>    y
>    - Eng. Victor Kyalo – PS, ICT and Innovation
>    - Dr. Salome Gachu – Ag. CEO KENIA
>    - Dr. Jemimah Onsare – Ag. CEO NRF
>    - Nicholas Nesbitt, Country General Manager, IBM East Africa
>    - Louis Otieno – Microsoft Africa
>
> Kind regards,
>
> T. Mwololo Waema | Professor of Information Systems | School of Computing
> & Informatics | University of Nairobi | PO Box 30197-00100, Nairobi |
> @timwololo
>
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